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Re: “Hulking Mother Canada makes me uneasy” (Celine Cooper, July 13) This article and others remind me of the arguments that were made in opposition to the building of the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. This country is large enough for all our monuments and expressions. This is a country of many voices and many ideas. […]

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In the case of lending by the major international banks, the risks involved come secondary to the attractiveness of higher interest rates while the risk of nonpayment is hedged by taking out insurance against default. The bank wins whether the borrower survives or fails.

Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. Canada will send 200 troops to Ukraine for the next two years to help train military forces in that country, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday. Harper made the announcement at National Defence Headquarters […]

Monday, Oct. 20 A new temporary Nuns’ Island bridge opens to traffic. Home daycare workers throughout the province go on a one-day strike. Hearings begin on Quebec’s controversial health care reform bill. The Quebec government inaugurates a new segment of Highway 5 in the Gatineau region. Westmount’s Eugenie Bouchard is one of the Top 8 […]

Deteriorating relations between Canada and Russia over the Ukrainian crisis will delay for at least a year a tentative joint venture Bombardier Inc. signed last year with Russian firm Rostec to build aircraft jointly there, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported Tuesday.

Malaysia’s state investment company said Friday it plans to make Malaysia Airlines fully government owned, removing it from the country’s stock exchange before carrying out an overhaul of the carrier that is reeling from double disasters.

Ukraine’s Eurobonds rose for a 10th day as investors anticipated billionaire Petro Poroshenko’s presidential election victory will help resolve the conflict with Russia. The hryvnia and stocks rallied.

Three months after wrestling was shockingly cut from the list of Olympic core sports for 2020, the IOC executive board voted in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday to recommend wrestling, squash and baseball-softball to the IOC assembly for a final decision on Sept. 8. Only one sport will go through.